I received this table without issue and it was packed well.The teak is lovely and looks as thick as it does in the picture, but it was attached with a crack in the middle, about 3/4 of the way starting at a knot in the wood and running diagonally across. Some could argue that this adds character, but for the price I would have preferred it to be without cracks that run through the wood. Aside for this, I'm very happy with it, but docked it two stars because I feel like this is a big deal. The table top in the photo doesn't have anything similar and though I realize no two are identical, someone saw this crack and still chose to use it rather than waste the wood. That works out great for them, but not quite as nice for me.The metal part has a brushed nickel finish that looks great and overall, it appears solid.If you want this next to a couch as an end table it will be too small. Compare the depth of your couch to the width of this - it's likely not even close. I'm using it as an end table between two chairs and have no problem with it.